This is not always true. . not saying the SL will or will not be, but not all the Ducati's lose value in that first 5-8 years, stabilize and then creep. . Some have actually gone up in value within a short span of time. .. Some examples of bikes that have gone up outside of the 5-8 years - just look at the sport classic line (particularly the Paul Smart). The Supermono in the mid 90's also went up pretty immediately as well. .

But by and large this is correct and who knows if the SL will retain anywhere near its value. .

I expect it wont retain its value. I mean it could but I suspect its not really that big of a deal for the target market of this model. With any of these bikes its about wanting to own one not what its going to be worth. I keep my Suzuki RG500 Gamma and Paul Smart because I love them not because they are worth more today. Same for all the motorcycles I own.

The dealer I bought my bike from has sold 2 of these bikes I'm gonna go down and see one in person,he also showed me a video of one of his techs at a training class,this guy walks up to the bike grabs it by the clip ons and lifts the front end off the ground like it was nothing,my comment was must have anti wheelie software he told me you you can select how high you want it to wheelie and it limits it to that height...wow

The dealer I bought my bike from has sold 2 of these bikes I'm gonna go down and see one in person,he also showed me a video of one of his techs at a training class,this guy walks up to the bike grabs it by the clip ons and lifts the front end off the ground like it was nothing,my comment was must have anti wheelie software he told me you you can select how high you want it to wheelie and it limits it to that height...wow

Same here. My dealer told me today that he's sold 2..both to the same guy

There's a big unveiling party or whatever you call it @ Ducati Bellevue on 5/9. Figure it's worth a peek on my part.

We'll be having our "unveiling" party about 10 seconds after the first one comes out of the crate next week!!! Ha ha!

FYI, this first shipment in the U.S. is not all of them, there will be another shipment coming later. Ducati said they were filling the orders in the order in which the deposits were received. The TPL Racing bike was our first deposit processed out of 4 total, and the first 2 are coming in this shipment.